PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

Chevrolet may use “the heartbeat of America” as its advertising tagline, but it’s small business that everyone believes keeps the heart of the U.S. In 1982, he reported, firms that were five years or younger accounted for roughly 50 percent of all firms and a fifth of all employment. Let me explain. THE HEARTBEAT OF AMERICA?

Concentration 53

Concentration Retail Advertising Economics 53

PYMNTS

AUGUST 16, 2016

A study by McKinsey&Company on the grocery trade and consumers stated that “ecosystems in emerging markets are partly shaped by players that can concentrate and coordinate a critical mass of what otherwise is a complex set of routes to market.” One of those routes to market is the availability of cash.

Concentration 40

Concentration Advertising Education Planning 40

PYMNTS

AUGUST 21, 2017

He advertised it as broken, set the starting bid at $1.00 The only way to reliably get into the News Feed and get noticed by users was to buy advertising and hope that enough consumers saw an ad, clicked and then clicked again to buy. The company has crushed it as an advertising platform and managed the shift to mobile extremely well.

Advertising 51

Advertising Retail Startups eCommerce 51

PYMNTS

JANUARY 19, 2018

Integrated payments seem to be the feature every business wants to add and every software company wants to advertise, and it’s true that they’re becoming a more critical component of payment providers’ jobs. In this changing landscape, Aberman said that many businesses fear irrelevance, so they make a concentrated effort to evolve.

Invoicing 46

Invoicing Concentration eCommerce Startups 46

CFO News Room

DECEMBER 26, 2022

Because of the structure of the tax code, there are often ‘add-on’ effects created by adding or subtracting income – and these effects aren’t accounted for when simply looking at one’s tax bracket. In the end, finding the ‘true’ marginal rate of the conversion (i.e.,

Planning 130

Planning Benchmarking Profit and Loss Communication 130

PYMNTS

APRIL 30, 2018

Most of that spend will be concentrated in the U.S., The FTC complaint alleges that LendingClub’s advertisements of “no hidden fees” is in conflict with reports from consumers who received loan proceeds minus those hidden fees that were, well, hidden in the fine print. But that’s not enough to support and service these accounts.

Banking 73

Banking Investments Concentration Accounting 73

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 21, 2016

What did you do to get enough consumers interested in signing on either through the app or establishing an account online to give those businesses business? Some of it was through the expected traditional route, where we did outdoor advertising. JK: We did that a couple different ways.

Leverage 46

Leverage Advertising Numbers Concentration 46

Musings on Markets

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

The top one percent of musicians account for ninety percent of all music streams and close to sixty percent of revenues from concerts. That said, the movie business remained concentrated, with the biggest players dominating each segment of the business.

Entertainment 76

Entertainment Profit and Loss Numbers Marketing 76

Musings on Markets

DECEMBER 2, 2020

Second, they also derive revenues from online advertising by hotels and travel providers. While the US remains the largest market, geographically, Asia is the center of growth, with China leading the way.

Profit and Loss 52

Profit and Loss Valuation Investments Numbers 52

Barry Ritholtz

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Joel Tillinghast : Well, okay, G, when he was six, my grandfather, who was a bookkeeper accountant at a textile mill died and my grandmother was a second string violin at the Providence Symphony Orchestra, which didn’t pay well then, and I suspect didn’t pay well now. Let, let’s start with your background.

Benchmarking 105

Benchmarking Concentration Investments Profit and Loss 105

Barry Ritholtz

AUGUST 15, 2023

In 1998, you asked famed value investor Michael Price what he learned from investing in Sunbeam Corporation, which was run by Chainsaw Al Dunlap and was just rife with accounting fraud. SEIDES: It’s mostly that and it goes to what you said, which is I love having these conversations and have never advertised on the podcast.

Investments 52

Investments Benchmarking Marketing Treasury 52

PYMNTS

AUGUST 13, 2018

Facebook Wants Access to User Bank Accounts. Facebook has reportedly had conversations with banks about giving Messenger access to user bank accounts. And never mind that consumers aren’t sitting on hold for hours these days with the bank waiting to get updated information on transactions and account balances.

Banking 44

Banking Transportation Investments Accounting 44

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 1, 2018

Bitcoin’s processing operation is highly concentrated within a handful of miners in China — which is getting more concentrated now, since the price of bitcoin has crashed and fewer players can afford to keep the lights on (literally, since bitcoin processing requires a massive amount of electricity). It isn’t because it won’t.

Currencies 85

Currencies Concentration Financial Systems Leverage 85

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 9, 2017

Instead of the merchant crowd making the trip to buy things at volume to resell in their shops, buyers were mostly tourists — taking in the sights and buying as many things as their luggage and bank accounts would permit. Advertising, promotion and personalization became essential buyer acquisition tactics.

Sales 51

Sales Retail Advertising Leverage 51

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 9, 2017

Instead of the merchant crowd making the trip to buy things at volume to resell in their shops, buyers were mostly tourists — taking in the sights and buying as many things as their luggage and bank accounts would permit. Advertising, promotion and personalization became essential buyer acquisition tactics.

Sales 44

Sales Retail Advertising Leverage 44

Barry Ritholtz

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Morgan found that, from 1980-2020, around 40% of the time a concentrated position in a single stock experienced negative absolute returns. The Orbis Global Equity is their flagship fund, accounting for 67% of their assets, and has compounded at 11% annually, outperforming its benchmark since its 1990 inception. Recall J.P.

Benchmarking 52

Benchmarking Concentration Advertising Investments 52

Barry Ritholtz

APRIL 25, 2023

ADVERTISEMENT) RITHOLTZ: Prior to 2022, when rates were cheap, when rates were zero, when capital was plentiful, it seemed like the entire industry went through this wild merger frenzy. You have a concentrated securities position, right? ADVERTISEMENT) RITHOLTZ: Tell us about your practice. And yes, we were all in.

Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) 63

Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) Compliance Investments Finance 63

Barry Ritholtz

APRIL 11, 2023

I’m not a natural accountant or an actuary. And about 200 put up their hands; ex-bankers, recovering accountants, auditors, actuary, scientists, mathematicians. And as you well know, in 2007, accountants fixed what I thought was a horrendous mistake — RITHOLTZ: Right. Fair value accounting is not about value.

Valuation 118

Valuation Education Finance Numbers 118

CFO News Room

JANUARY 17, 2023

This could be explained by several factors including insufficient concentration, improper formulation and/or amount of PVP-I, inadequate duration of exposure, inappropriate method of administration, and mucociliary clearance of PVP-I from the nasal cavity. As aforementioned, 0.45–10% People are buying cardigans with this kind of financing.

Concentration 130

Concentration Economics Manufacturing Numbers 130